Startup Estonia and EIT Digital
signed a Memorandum of Collaboration on May 25th, the first day of Latitude59, to help the
Estonian innovation ecosystem develop further during Estonia’s EU presidency
and also play an increasingly important role in the international digital
landscape.

"Estonia
is a cradle of European innovative entrepreneurship. We are happy to sign this collaborative
agreement with Startup Estonia, which will benefit both of us by connecting our
respective ecosystems," said Willem Jonker, EIT Digital CEO.

"We
are happy to announce the partnership with EIT Digital, certain as we are that
this collaboration will strengthen the Estonian startup ecosystem, encouraging
greater openness towards the European landscape," added Lehar Kütt, KredEx
CEO.

Startup Estonia, a governmental initiative aimed at supercharging the Estonian
startup ecosystem, and EIT Digital, the leading European digital innovation and
entrepreneurial education organisation driving Europe’s digital
transformation, signed a Memorandum of Collaboration (MoC) to
join forces to support the development of the Estonian innovation
ecosystem.

Startup
Estonia will bring to the table the skills and the expertise developed in
several years of activity in this Baltic nation. EIT Digital meanwhile catalyses digital
innovation and entrepreneurship through a number of initiatives aimed at
driving the digital transformation across Europe and beyond. The goal:
helping the Estonian innovation ecosystem grow and also play an increasingly
important role in the international landscape by fostering Estonian startups access
to European markets and by making Estonia a more attractive destination for
tech companies, investors and talents coming from abroad.

The
signing, in the context of the innovation and startup conference Latitude59, was done in Tallinn by Willem Jonker, CEO EIT Digital, and
Lehar Kütt, CEO KredEx, home of Startup Estonia in the presence of Mari
Vavulski, Head of Startup Estonia and Siim Sikkut, Government CIO of
Estonia.

EIT
Digital will join the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications,
Startup Estonia, the European Commission and Dell to co-host the Startup
Nations Summit in November 2017, which will
be held in the framework of Estonia’s EU presidency.

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